Self medication practices and its determinants in health care professionals during the coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic: cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT: Background The exposure of health care professionals (HCP) to patients with coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) in the course of performing their professional duties may expose them to contracting the virus. This may likely increase their tendency to self-medicate for prevention or treatment of perceived infection. Aim This study determined the prevalence of COVID-19 related self-medication and its determinants among HCPs in three tertiary hospitals in Southern Nigeria. Method This was a cross-sectional study that enrolled 669 adult HCPs from three tertiary hospitals in three Southern Nigerian States using a non-probability convenience sampling method. A structured self-administered questionnaire was used for data collection. Data entry and analysis were done using IBM SPSS version 22. Res

SUBMITTER: Okoye OC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8754192 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature